Lowdown On… A Bookish End of the Year

This post won't be like a lot of the earlier Lowdown posts where the topics are either controversial or heavily discussed. Part of that is in keeping with the happy vibes of the season, and part is to talk about how as a book community we tend to closeout a year in the only ways...

The Lowdown On… Consumerism in the Book Community

We all love books, and the joy they bring in their many formats. As book lovers we, or at least I, already struggle with book buying. There's nothing like getting a highly anticipated new release, or a new book in general. I've spoken about this in an earlier post, click here for that one. This...

The Lowdown On… Overhyped Books

It feels like a lot of the Lowdown series has been covering mostly reading related concepts, so we're going back to types of books with this one; Overhyped Books. When talking overhyped books it often is meant negatively, but in some cases it could also just mean an extremely popular book in the community. Whether...